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F. E. Merrill, clerical services,
33 50
W. P. Pitman, clerical services,
21.00
A. P. Marsh, car fares, etc.
2 80
F. W. D. Dunklee, car fares, etc.
4 65
C. R. Hulsman, car fares, etc. .
8 20
P. H. Everett, car fares, etc.
9 70
Dana E. Perkins, car fares, etc.
8 30
E. W. Bailey, car fares, etc.
8 45
W. A. Greenough & Co., direc- tories
8 00
M. L. Vinal, directories
2 00
George K. Boyle, numbering
11 00
Amounts carried forward $3,422 97
$9,489
84
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $3,422 97 $9.489 68
F. A. Lewis, numbering 12 00
J. E. Herrick, setting city scales, 70 50
Fairbanks, Brown, & Co., city scales and repairs . 275 42
Federal Ballot Box Co., repairs,
7 00
Warren T. Butler, repairing bal- lot boxes 6 10
W. H. Pool, repairing gas-fix- tures 4 20
C. W. Cahalan, gas piping 23 84
James Bartley, soap, etc. 12 13
J. Q. Twombly, glazing, etc.
4 61
Fred A. Norris, glazing, etc.
2 50
C. H. Tufts, painting
2 50
Germania Electric Co., lamps
9 20
Charles D. Elliot, surveying
13 00
A. Parker, stone bounds 7 50
J. M. Corse, rent of P. O. box,
1 00
Thos. N. Hart, rent of P. O. box,
3 00
Post 139, G. A. R., contribution
for observance of Memorial Day 300 00
F. O. Reed et al., rent of rifle-
range
112 50
Bufford's Sons' Lithograph Co., printing bonds 75 00
Beacon Lithograph Co., printing bonds
55 00
C. M. Blake, newspapers
6 00
M. A. Mann, laundry, etc.
.
26 50
F. G. Ray & Son, laundry
50
H. A. Chick & Co., repairing furniture 2 65
G. M. Winslow & Co., fuel
177 12
B. F. Wild & Co, fuel
46 00
W. H. Brine, ventilators ·
.
5 50
Amounts carried forward . $4,684 24
$9,489 68
85
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward . $4,684 24 $9,489 68
City of Lowell, board of truants, 213 74
City of Boston, water 40 50
Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting 324 80
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas . 82 88
N. E. Telephone and Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls 153 43
Ammiel Colman, sealer of
weights and measures . ·
100 00
Charles A. Small, pound-keeper,
25 00
George Cullis, affidavits of post- ing 54 50
James A. McLane, posting
87 90
S. H. Libby, services as auc- tioneer . 6 30
George L. Blackbird, labor
1 00
Frank A. Hersey, labor
4 00
C. A. Southwick, labor
44 70
E. T. Cook, labor
9 00
B. F. Sheridan, labor
9 00
Daniel H. Rinn, labor
4 00
James L. Whitaker, labor .
8 00
Patrick O'Brien, labor
4 00
William H. Kelley, labor
4 35
Patrick O'Connell, labor
22 73
N. L. Pennock, labor
4 00
John Battles, labor
4 00
W. H. Denton, labor
6 00
C. S. Decker, awnings
13 50
Lamphrill & Marble, flag
38 40
Thomas Hollis,' drugs
1 00
Boyd Byron, abstracts
12 50
H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice
35 00
S. J. Wood, keys, etc.
2 25
F. DeWitt Lapham, premium of insurance 6 00
Amounts carried forward . $6,006 72
$9,489 68
86
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward . $6,006 72
$9,489 68
Conant's Express, expressing 1 80
C. E. Farnham, expressing
4 55
E. R. Perham, expressing .
18 70
Gilman's Express, expressing
60
Thorpe's Express, expressing
90
Jairus Mann, watching and dis-
bursements 128 50
Sewers account, setting stone bounds 39 44
Sewer Assessments account,
sewer on Whipple street 19 04 ·
Clarence C. Ryder, turkeys
142 25
F. L. Card, turkeys .
35 08
M. L. King, turkeys .
58 25
George S. Wilson, turkeys
94 00
S. Z. Bowman, disbursements
70 26
Charles B. Stevens, recording
13 05
J. H. Colbath, ringing bell
9 00
William S. Gray, ringing bell 9 00
Frederick A. Young, ringing bell
9 00
George W. Jacobs, ringing bell, ·
3 00
S. A. Strahan, ringing bell
8 00
G. W. Littlefield, ringing bell
6 00
R. L. Lane, return of births 6 50
John F. Couch, return of births, 52 25
A. B. Dearborn, return of births,
7 50
10 00
John A. Gregg, return of births, H. B. McIntire, return of births, F. W. Taylor, return of births ·
75
H. P. Makechnie, return of births
3 50
A. E. Merrill, return of births 3 50
George W. Mills, return of births,
3 00
Frank B. Norwood, return of births 95 00
2 25
Amounts carried forward . $6,861 39
$9,489 68
87
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward . $6,861 39 $9,489 68
John M. Schroeder, return of births
123 75
A. Ward Follett, return of births, Alfred E. Mann, return of deaths,
6 00
13 25
H. D. Runey, return of deaths .
26 00
W. A. Flaherty, return of deaths,
39 00
E. H. Marsh, return of deaths .
24 75
P. H. Rafferty & Co., return of deaths
18 75
C. H. Lockhart, return of deaths, Burrill & Dutton, sharpening cutter
50
McCloskey & Harty, compensa- tion for damages 125 00
Benjamin R. Omand, compensa- tion for damages 300 00
Walter H. Snow, compensation for damages
1,500 00
D. E. Hennessey, horse
200 00
$9,250 89
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit of account 238 79
$9,489 68
OVERLAY AND ABATEMENT.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1890
$12,207 77
Taxes, amount added to the amount of taxes as- sessed as fractional divisions for con- venience in apportionment, to be applied to abatement on taxes 22,018 26
DEBIT.
Taxes, for amount of abatements on taxes
$13,535 58
Excess and Deficiency, transferred 7,575 01
Balance to credit in account 1892 13,115 44
$34,226 03
$34,226 03
12 50
88
ANNUAL REPORTS.
OVERPLUS ON TAX SALES.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1890 $102 13
DEBIT.
Balance to 1892
$102 13
ORDINANCES ( REVISING ).
CREDIT.
Appropriation, amount assessed $500 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid S. Z. Bowman, for clerical assistance revising ordinances, $460 00
Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account 40 00
$500 00
PROPERTY AND DEBT BALANCE.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1890 $489,667 93
Public Property, property acquired dur- ing the year 1891 . $138,469 53
Reduction of funded debt ·
57,000 00
Renewals of funded debt . . 42,000 00
237,469 53
$727,137 46
DEBIT.
Appropriations, amount borrowed on funded debt account $87,000 00
Balance to credit in account 1892 .
640,137 46
$727,137 46
89
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Balance to 1892 . CREDIT.
$1,685,637 46
DEBIT.
Balance from 1890 $1,547,167 93
Property and Debt Balance, property acquired during the year 1891, 138,469 53
$1,685,637 46
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1890
$131 91
Appropriations, amount assessed .
3,000 00
Cash, received of J. O. Hayden, County
Treasurer, return on the amount received of the city for dog licenses in 1891 .
$2,596 68
358 06
H. A. Adams, librarian, fines Catalogues
24 12
Howe & Flint, discount on bill,
1 50
Cambridge Gas Light Co., dis- count on bill .
2 84
2,983 20
$6,115 11
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Little, Brown, & Co., books, $951 18
Estes & Lauriat, books .
863 39
George E. Littlefield, books
771 40
H. S. Inman, books .
49 00
S. S. Brastow, books .
12 00
Alexander T. T. Hicks, books
6 00
William Towker, books
7 50
A. S. Clark, books
2 60
James H. Lamb, books
6 00
E. K. Johnson, books
1 50
Joseph G. Cupples, books .
10 00
Amounts carried forward $2,680 57
$6,115 11
90
ANNUAL REPORTS.
$6,115 11
Amounts brought forward . $2,680 57 15 00
George H. Walker & Co., books,
D. Appleton & Co., books 6 00
N. E. Magazine, books
3 00
A. F. Hudson, books
4 00
Weekly Magazine, books
3 00
Salem Press, History and Genea-
logical Record books 1 50
W. A. Greenough, directory
2 00
Babb & Stephens, printing
277 00
J. G. Roberts & Co., binding books
231 65
Bradley & Woodruff, binding books
4 25
G. Kennedy Creighton, care of branch office . 25 00
H. S. Garcelon, care of branch office
75 00
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas,
176 76
City of Boston, water
26 10
B. F. Wild & Co., fuel
18 00
Geo. M. Winslow, fuel
187 90 .
Harrison, Beard, & Co., book- cases
163 75
Thomas Groom & Co., stationery,
10 23
W. B. Clark & Co., stationery .
2 15
H. A. Chick, repairing furniture,
2 00
George W. Bragdon, repairing furniture
1 25
F. A Chandler, carpentering
3 45
C. A. Slager, carpentering
3 00
Lawrence, Wilde, & Co., steps
37 50
L. C. Seavey, roofing
8 93
A. C. Winning, mason work
8 75
G. M. Fortin, painting, etc. .
5 75
J. Q. Twombly, glazing .
2 05
Whitney & Snow, dusters, etc. .
19 63
Amounts carried forward . · $4,005 17
$6,115 11
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
91
Amounts brought forward . $4,005 17
$6,115 11
Howe & Flint, hardware .
23 15
Young & Maynard, plumbing 5 26
S. J. Wood, locksmith work
1 75
E. Spalding, straps
1 75
M. L. Chamberlain, ribbon
1 00
Morss & Whyte, mats
5 52
C. M. Blake, newspapers .
6 00
Citizen Publishing Co., news- papers
4 00
R. W. Karnan, towels
1 50
Gilman's Express, expressing
51 75
E. R. Perham, expressing .
58 75
C. C. Farnham, expressing
33 20
H. A. Adams, librarian
800 00
A. L. Stone, assistant
400 00
M. J. Warren, assistant
400 00
E. A. Woodman, assistant
81 58
M. G. Knapp, assistant
101 95
E. H. Hunter, assistant
38 45
H. B. Bullen, assistant
57 65
M. Davenport, assistant
21 00
G. S. Desmond, assistant .
3 70
F. M. Norcross, assistant .
.
8 50
$6,111 63
Balance to credit of account 1892 3 48
$6,115 11
PUBLIC GROUNDS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$3,500 00
Cash, received of John White, error in pay-roll . $7 00
John Hallasey, error in pay-roll, 87
7 87
Amount carried forward
$3,507 87
92
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward $3,507 87
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers
$1,886 74
Somerville Electric Light Co.,
lighting .
218 40
Joseph Young, repairing mowers,
27 25
Seward Dodge, repairing mowers,
75
M. J. Coneeny, plants
75 00
Walter Bates & Son, concreting,
108 90
Whitney & Snow, hardware
24 02
J. A. Durell, hardware
12 64
Howe & Flint, hardware
18 54
C. F. Pond, painting
119 20
G.W. Manning, labor on flagstaff,
20 00
M. A. Mann, repairing flag
3 00
M. D. Jones & Co., repairing settees 4 40
John F. Ayer & Co., lumber
37 49
Joseph Breck & Sons, tools
14 10
D. W. Lewis, grates, etc. .
12 00
S. J. Wood, filing saws
1 00
Franklin Henderson, manure
30 75
John T. Molloy, manure
74 49
Peter Savage, manure
5 25
Frank G. Williams, manure
5 25
T. F. Crimmings, teaming
77 16
A. M. Prescott, teaming, etc.
84 76
J. H. Thompson, carriage hire
6 00
John F. Hurley, police duty
19 50
Robert Fuller, police duty
10 00
John A. Dadman, police duty
37 50
Osgood B. Dane, labor
12 00
R. E. Archibald, labor
7 46
I. H. Brown, lumber
1 35
$2,954 90
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit of account 552 97
$3,507 87
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
93
PRINTING ANI) STATIONERY.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $6,000 00
Cash, received Sidewalks account, advertising 8 50
$6,008 50
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Thomas Groom & Co., sta- tionery, etc. . Somerville Journal Co., printing and advertising
$1,804 54
2,888 81
Citizen Publishing Co., printing and advertising
234 69
McDonnell Bros., advertising .
89 10
Beacon Lithograph Co., printing, 59 50
Babb & Stephens, printing ·
63 00
Robert Burlen, binding plans,
9 00
W. W. White & Co., mounting
1 00
Sampson, Murdock, & Co., di- rectories
15 00
S. M. Spencer, stamp
10 00
$5,174 64
Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account 833 86
$6,008 50
POLICE.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$20,000 00
Cash, received of H. A. Chapin, clerk
of court, officers' fees, fines, etc., John M. Fisk, Master of H. of C., fines, etc. .
185 00
Henry G. Cushing, fines
1 00
$4,912 81
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to debit of account
11,764 51
16,677 32
Amount carried forward .
$36,677 32
maps
$4,726 81
94
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amount brought forward
DEBIT.
Cash, paid M. C. Parkhurst, chief,
$1,700 00
R. R. Perry, captain
1,425 00
Samuel R. Dow, sergeant .
1,125 00
Edward McGarr, sergeant
1,125 00
C. C. Cavanagh, sergeant .
1,125 00
John S. Johnson, patrolman
1,026 75
Eugene A. Carter,
1,026 75
George L. Smith,
1,026 75
Edward M. Carter, 66
1,026 75
Samuel A. Brown, 66
1,026 75
John E. Fuller, 66
1,026 75
George W. Bean,
1,026 75
George A. Bodge, 66
1,026 75
Phineas W. Skinner, 66
1,026 75
Hubert H. Miller, 66
1,024 00
Edward E. Hamblen, “
1,026 75
John Hafford,
1,026 75
Albion L. Staples,
66
1,026 75
Myron H. Kinsley,
66
1,026 75
Dennis Kelley,
1,026 75
George H. Carleton, 66
1,026 75
Judson W. Oliver,
1,026 75
Francis A. Perkins,
1,026 75
Charles S. Thrasher,
1,026 75
William H. Johnston, “
1,024 00
Charles L. Ellis,
776 25
Charles E. Woodman,
1,026 75
Arthur E. Keating,
1,026 75
John G. Knight, 66
1,026 75
Stephen S. Smith,
1,026 75
Jacob W. Skinner,
1,019 00
Theodore E. Heron,
981 25
Zeba F.Coffin, patrolman, special,
244 00
Robert F. Fuller
332 00
William Kelley,
59 00
.
.
Amounts carried forward . . $34,548 00
$36,677 32
$36,677 32
95
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
$34,548 00 $36,677 32
James Vaughn, patrolman, special,
47 25
William Dunn,
40 00
William Pinsey,
40 50
W. H. Denton,
66
2 00
Joseph Upton,
66
37 00
Alfred M. Sibley,
66
9 00
George C. Foss,
66
9 00
John McLeod,
9 00
Peter Savage,
9 00
Davis P. Bucknam,
9 00
John A. Dadman,
31 00
Joseph F. Hurley,
66
7 00
Michael Buckley,
7 00
Daniel H. Rinn,
66
7 00
P. J. Fitzpatrick,
7 00
George Cullis,
66
7 00
A. A. Lewis,
7 00
A. S. Arnold,
7 00
Fred S. Young,
66
7 00
David A. Bolton,
77 50
Jeremiah Leary,
60
35 75
Jeremiah J. Meany,
66
4 00
L. M. Maynard,
3 50
M. C. Parkhurst, Lock-up keeper,
75 00
M. C. Parkhurst, disbursements,
75 69
S. R. Dow, disbursements
46 92
Dennis Kelley, disbursements
24 88
E. M. Carter, disbursements
·
11 97
· F. A. Perkins, disbursements Lemuel H. Snow, disbursements, Arthur E. Keating, disburse- ments
1 20
3 38
75
E. B. Vreeland, hay, grain, etc.,
84 89
Amounts carried forward . . $35,309 68
$36,677 32
1
10 00
James H. Smith,
4 00
N. L. Pennock,
3 50
Joseph Young,
·
Amounts brought forward
96
ANNUAL REPORTS.
$36,677 32
Amounts brought forward $35,309 68 142 91
Fulton O'Brion, hay, grain, etc.,
Albert L. Russell, electrical sup- plies 68 00
Municipal Signal Co., electrical supplies 34 71
Pettingill, Andrews, & Co., elec- trical supplies 127 54
Sturtevant Brothers, supplies
7 22
J. V. Porter, meals for prisoners,
17 96
Frank N. Adams, meals for pris- oners 9 85
F. D. Snow, meals for prisoners, 10 00
H. D. & W. S. Durgin, ice 30 00
The Germicide Co., disinfectant, 16 65
E. Spalding, harness work 10 90
W. T. Henderson, wagon
65 00
C. B. Cheney, photographs 1 50
Frank Shepard, law books
2 00
Little, Brown, & Co., law books, 3 00
Thomas Groom & Co., sta- tionery . 26 50
Somerville Journal Co., printing,
36 75
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., rentals and tolls ·
522 20
D. Cutter, repairing badges 1 00
Joseph E. Power, police badges,
15 00
Scoville Manfg. Co., police but- tons
13 51
Somerville Electric Light Co., lighting
24 00
Union Square Carriage Co., re- pairs .
8 50
Union Glass Co., supplies
6 50
George H. Cowdin, drugs .
2 90
S. J. Wood, keys
1 25
J. N. Pride, carriage hire
.
3 00
Amounts carried forward . . $36,518 03
$36,677 32
97
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $36,518 03 $36,677 32
James T. Fitzgerald, carriage hire
5 25
L. H. Brown, carriage hire
13 50
C. M. Blake, newspapers
7 30
E. E. Schuebeler, towels
3 00
Lizzie Avery, washing
15 24
F. G. Ray & Son, washing
2 71
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware .
30 31
Howe & Flint, hardware
5 05
Whitney & Snow, hardware
98
Edward O'Brien, horseshoeing
22 63
H. Wellington & Co., fuel
10 40
George M. Winslow & Co., fuel,
39 72
Charles E. Farnham, expressing,
2 95
Gilman Express Co., expressing, 25
$36,677 32
POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed ·
$2,500 00
Cash, received of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, rent of armory,
$400 00
Somerville Co-operative Bank . 45 00
445 00
$2,945 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid William Hayden, janitor $850 00
Cambridge Gas Light Co., gas . 788 48
George M. Winslow & Co., fuel,
308 05
H. Wellington & Co., fuel
78 00
Sturtevant Bros., matches, etc. .
3 59
Amounts carried forward . $2,028 12
$2,945 00
98
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $2,028 12 $2,945 00
F. A. Chandler, carpenter work, 15 75
D. P. Bucknam, mason work 8 25
James F. Davlin, plumbing ·
3 50
Young & Maynard, plumbing
1 25
J. Q. Twombly. glazing 19 85
Cunningham Iron Works, labor,
7 65
Oliver H. Plumer, repairing chairs 3 00
Jackson Caldwell & Co., repair- ing chairs
1 00
A. A. Sanborn, boiler and steam fitting 575 72
A. J. Wilkinson, door springs 6 75
J. F. Ayer & Co., lumber
17 26
Charles A. Holmes, ash barrels,
9 00
W. E. Plumer & Co., hard- ware 13 78
Whitney & Snow, hardware
9 77
George H. Hills & Co., mugs
48
George H. Cowdin, drugs
90
W. L. Fox, compound
1 25
Magic Chemical Co., compound,
2 50
The Germicide Co., disinfectant,
33 30
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., tolls 1 45
E. R. Perham, expressing
1 50
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspec-
tion and Insurance Co., in- surance 50 00
City of Boston, water rates
72 70
L. Arnold, compensation for
damages 4 50
$2,889 23
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit of account 55 77
$2,945 00
99
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
REAL-ESTATE LIENS.
CREDIT.
Balance to 1892
$888 40
DEBIT.
Balance from 1890
$55 44
Sewer Assessments, title deeded to the city for non-payment of sewer assessments 728 73
Interest on titles deeded to the city for non-payment of sewer assess- ments 96 78
Miscellaneous, costs on titles deeded to the city for non-payment of sewer assessments 7 45
$888 40
REDUCTION OF FUNDED DEBT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $57,000 00
DEBIT.
Property and Debt Balance, amount of reduction of funded debt in 1891 $57,000 00
RENEWALS OF FUNDED DEBT.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $42,000 00
DEBIT.
Property and Debt Balance, amount of funded debt renewed in 1891 $42,000 00
100
ANNUAL REPORTS.
RELIEF AND BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$3,000 00
State of Massachusetts, one-half of amount paid for burials in 1891, $35 00
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of account 386 96
421 96
$3,421 96
DEBIT.
Cash, paid monthly pay-rolls
$3,222 50
Worcester Lunatic Hospital,
board of soldiers .
167 60
Lewis Guthrie, board of soldiers, 31 86
$3,421 96
STATE AID. CREDIT.
State of Massachusetts, amount paid in 1891 charged
to State
$5,596 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid monthly pay-rolls $5,596 00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $20,670 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid State Treasurer, State tax for 1891 . $20,670 00
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, STATE AID. CREDIT.
Cash, received of State Treasurer $5,035 50
Balance, Dec. 31, 1891, due from State Dec. 10, 1892, to debit in account 5,480 00
Amount carried forward
$10,515 50
101
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward
$10,515 50
DEBIT.
Balance from 1890
$4,919 50
State Aid, amount paid in 1891
5,596 00
$10,515 50
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of State Treasurer .
$661 00
Balance, Dec. 31, 1891, due from State Dec. 10, 1892,
to debit in account 418 50
$1,079 50
DEBIT.
Balance from 1890
$649 00
Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, one-half
of amount paid in 1891 430 50
$1,079 50
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.
CREDIT.
Cash, received of State Treasurer .
$17 50
Balance, Dec. 31, 1891, due from State Dec. 10, 1892, to debit in account 87 50
$105 00
DEBIT.
Balance from 1890 $70 00
Relief and Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors, one-half of amount paid in 1891 . 35 00
$105 00
102
ANNUAL REPORTS.
SUNDRY PERSONS.
CREDIT.
Balance from 1890
$372 60
Interest, coupons due and unpaid
127 50
$500 10
DEBIT.
Cash, paid sundry persons, amounts
due them
$337 50
Balance, to credit in account 1892
162 60
$500 10
SALARIES.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $28,200 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Charles G. Pope, mayor, $1,000 00
George I. Vincent, city clerk
2,700 00
John F. Cole, city treasurer and collector of taxes
3,900 00
Horace L. Eaton, city engineer,
2,300 00
Selwyn Z. Bowman, city solicitor, Alvah B. Dearborn, city physi- cian
950 00
Charles S. Robertson, city
auditor .
450 00
Charles S. Robertson, clerk of Common Council .
200 00
William P. Mitchell, clerk of assessors and committees
1,500 00
Albert B. Fales, assistant clerk of assessors and committees,
1,100 00
Jairus Mann, city messenger
1,300 00
Thomas R. Roulstone, superin- tendent of buildings and street lights 1,800 00
Amounts carried forward $18,700 00
$28,200 00
1,500 00
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Amounts brought forward $18,700 00 $28,200 00
James R. Hopkins, inspector of buildings 92 07
Thomas Cunningham, inspector of milk . 300 00
George W. Hadley, assessor
700 00
Benjamin T. Thompson, assessor,
700 00
Samuel T. Richards, assessor .
700 00
Joshua H. Davis, assistant as- sessor
250 00
William A. Flaherty, assistant as- sessor
250 00
Edgar T. Mayhew, assistant as- sessor
250 00
Henry A.True, assistant assessor,
250 00
Beulah M. Peirce, department clerk
700 00
W. H. Whitcomb, janitor of City Hall and Public Library
750 00
Cromwell G. Rowell, registrar of voters
200 00
Charles P. Lincoln, registrar of voters
.
200 00
. William B. Hawes, registrar of voters
200 00
George I. Vincent, registrar of voters
200 00
George O. Shaw, street clerk
76 00
F. W. Gallagher, street clerk
26 00
S. M. Backall, street clerk
21 00
T. M. Clancey, street clerk
13 00
E. G. Wiswell, street clerk
56 00
Engineer's assistants .
3,247 46
.
$27,881 53
Excess and Deficiency, balance to credit of account 318 47
$28,200 00
104
ANNUAL REPORTS.
STREET LIGHTS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed $22,500 00
DEBIT.
Cash, paid Somerville Electric Light
Company, lighting .
$22,155 19
Labor
12 00
Mast arms
70 00
Wheeler Reflector Co., lighting .
40 05
P. O'Connell, labor
2 00
O. A. Conant, labor .
2 25
F. A. Chandler, expressing
75
$22,282 24
Excess and Deficiency, balance
to credit of account
217 76
$22,500 00
SIDEWALKS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$10,000 00
Sidewalk'Assessments, assessments levied 10,035 11
$20,035 11
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers
$4,141 50
Jeremiah McCarthy, edgestones,
6,834 18
John Thrasher, bricks
4,032 18
W. A. Sanborn, bricks
2,117 92
Sanborn & Hatch, bricks .
980 80
Somerville Journal Co., adver- tising
109 77
Citizen Publishing Co., advertis- ing 83 62
Amounts carried forward .
$18,299 97
$20,035 11
105
APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward $18,299 97 $20,035 11
Printing and Stationery account, advertising
8 50
Highways account, teaming, etc.
1,634 73
Sewers account, edgestones
49 41
Christopher Burke, teaming
12 50
T. F. Crimmings, teaming .
5 00
John F. Elkins, teaming
5 00
Martin Gill, teaming
5 00
George McKenna, teaming
7 50
Owen Cunningham, teaming
7 50
$20,035
SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS.
CREDIT.
$10,997 92
DEBIT.
Balance from 1890 .
$4,548 24
Sidewalks, assessments levied 10,035 11
$14,583 35
SEWERS.
CREDIT.
Appropriations, amount assessed
$10,000 00
Cash, received of Massachusetts Gen- eral Hospital, annual fee for permission to enter Fitchburg- street sewer
$50 00
Christopher Burke, stone
50 00
City of Boston, stone bounds
39 44
Miscellaneous account, setting stone bounds
39 44
Amounts carried forward .
$178 88
$10,000 00
Cash, received of sundry persons, assessments Balance to debit in account 1892 3,585 43
$14,583 35
106
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Amounts brought forward $178 88 $10,000 00
Highways account, edgestones . 2 38
Sidewalks account, edgestones .
49 41
West End Street Railway Co., labor and materials 15 16
J. B. Wilbur, labor
2 43
Charles Robinson, labor
11 19
Dennis Ryan, labor
10 49
Charles A. Mongan, puddling
5 62
Richard Falvey, puddling
1 12
A. W. Byrne, puddling
5 79
North Packing & Provision Co., catch-basins, etc.
143 41
425 88 10,667 85
Sewer Assessments, assessments levied .
Excess and Deficiency, balance to debit of ac- count
1,225 95
$22,319 68
DEBIT.
Cash, paid laborers
$4,966 39
George D. Goodrich, drain pipes,
3,314 68
A. Parker, catch-basin stones .
920 63
Barbour, Stockwell, & Co., traps,
111 55
Osgood & Hart, catch-basin covers
65 00
Miller & Shaw, iron work
16 25
Charles L. Underhill, black- smithing
5 30
F. Dooris, blacksmithing, etc.
1 00
Berry & Ferguson, drain pipe
359 52
. W. A. Sanborn, bricks
203 60
Sanborn & Hatch, bricks
291 60
Parry Brothers & Co., bricks
15 00
Somerville Journal Co., adver- tising 44 13
Highways account, bricks
11 25
H. Wellington & Co., cement
147 95
Jeremiah McCarthy, stone
7 00
Amounts carried forward . · $10,480 85
$22,319 68
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APPENDIX TO TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward . $10,480 85
$22,319 68
E. Fitzgerald, sand
5 00
City of Boston, water
36 00
Edson Manfg. Co., diaphragm
2 20
James Bartley, salt
60
L. Arnold, carpenter work 2 00
Boston Woven Hose Co., hose .
77 94
Howe & Flint, hardware
4 75
Whitney & Snow, hardware
42 21
W. E. Plumer & Co., hardware . 2 60
S. J. Wood, filing saws
25
John Fisher, pails
3 45
McDormand, Warner, & Co., ladder 2 55
F. H. Flagg, catch-basin covers,
6 95
I. H. Brown, lumber ·
4 20
F. W. Gilbert, rubber boots, etc., A. M. Prescott, teaming, labor, etc.
1,496 26
T. Edward Eames, car fares, etc.,
4 42
10 00
L. Roger Wentworth, services . City of Cambridge, five-ninths of expense of cleaning outlet at Bridge-street sewer 1,234 77
Dennis C. Collins & Maurice Terry, balance for construct- ing sewer in Highland avenue, Christopher Burke, constructing sewer in Lowell street 895 87
434 53
Willard B. Bryne, constructing sewer in Cypress street 125 84
Willard B. Bryne, constructing sewer in Alpine street 902 54
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